5 Corals PERFECT for Beginners! - Setting Up a Reef Tank 

You're such a genuine dude, you don't sound overly professional but you definitely sound like you know what you're talking about.

I started my first 10 gallon reef tank after watching your videos. Thank you for giving me the resources and knowledge to start my tank!

He sounds like he's about to inform me about number 15: Burger King foot lettuce

Are Zoanthids a safe topping for pizza?

Great vid, your recent videos got me into grabbing a few tanks for myself and just wanna congratulate you and how far this channels come keep it up man !!

This is seriously one of the best aquarium videos I've every seen!! .... Your comedic timing is perfect and the cut scenes are hilarious !!! . the info is spot on too !

Great information for a newbie such as myself. When I am at the point of adding corals to my tank I am going to follow your suggestions. I have always like to the looks of zoas so that was the first coral I had planned on getting. The Toadstools was a new thought so I will look into them as well as the Elegance. Thanks for taking the time to put this information together!

Great video! I have had my reef tank for 5 months, and I have had my first Monti cap for a few weeks now. These are great corals that aren't the most obvious beginner corals. Thanks for the video! :)

Do you blink?

love your channel! you've really come a long way! especially love the humor lol!

I really like all your videos and you always crack me up! I've subscribed and always give you a thumbs up. Keep up the good work!!!

This was an awesome video! I will suggest this to any new reefers I know:)!

I like that you are incorporating more banter into your videos

Thanks for the tips. Good advice for people starting out.

Awesome video!! thanks for the much needed advice

I got my kid still singing "Nassarius Snails!"

Yo i thought this kid was gonna be boring and nerdy but he's funny as hell lol thats for the tips bro!

you’ve inspired me to branch out and bring a reef tank to college :) thank ya for all your help George !!

Another great video George. I was watching you since you are very young. 😊

Never had a salt water tank but your vids are making me re-think and re-re-think!!!! thanks for ur vids gorgie....

AWESOME MAN! KEEP IT UP!

I have to say your older videos are better than your newer ones I've been a long time sub over 3 years now and I'm rewatching older videos

This helped a lot thanks George

Thanks for the information bro 👍

This was a excellent video 🤗🤗🤗

Thanks George. I just subscribed to your channel and can't believe you were in my backyard and I missed you "medowlands". I am a beginner at salt water tank. Really appreciate all your help...Thanks.

great video George

I just subbed! Finally someone who actually speak not so damn difficult.

I love these corals. 👍

Your videos are interesting,just subscribed.Good video👍

Great video 👍👍

Thanks for the advice! I subd!

Great video. Thanks

Because of the shirt ..thumbs up and subscribed .. Lots of knowledge in this channel yo

you taught me a lot thank you

Thanks for this info I am a very good planted tank aquarist I just setup a 63 gallon saltwater this weekend and I know Jack about the salt hobby I think It does not matter what kind of corals I get because if I find them all amazing so the easy ones for me will be just as good as the super hard ones. Just to get my first one is making me super pumped. Should I start with fish first or can I start with corals? My tank needs to cycle still for at least two to 3 weeks but I am loving the corals more than the fish at the moment.

great video thanks

Good help, i like it..😊👌👍👍

Very cool video👌🏼😝🐡🐠

Thank you George. 😘

hi what additives and minerals for these soft corals and also food for soft corals great video by the way keep it up buddy

i subed because your so profesional keep it that way best of luck

Thank you!!

You inspire me

Good info

I was new to the hobby and cut them up like Benny Hana . Got a merca staph infection in my nose that could have been deadly. It definitely can happen I don't keep them anymore. Good times😁

Good list and great call on Blastomussa...under rated and very easy to care for. However, there is no way an elegance is a starter coral wouldn't put it in my top 20 easiest. I would have added Duncan, or hammer or other euphyllias in it's place.

AWESOME VIDEO DUDE!!!! LMAO!!!!! Very informative

elegance corals are great to take up space on a budget, but it really depends whether you get lucky or not that you get a healthy specimen or not. my first elegance literally went through HELL. it started in my 8g QT tank that wasn't cycled, moved to my first ever saltwater DT, been in the sand, been on the rock, been in the shade, i was stressing the guy like crazy. well, now it's super large, opens up huge, and has been hosting my clownfish for a year lol. but i agree that duncans would make better beginner corals, they grow like MAD and you can feed them pretty heavily. My 1 head had 4 baby heads within 1 month. highly recommended!

nice one!

THANK YOU THIS IS LITERALLY I EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED RN

More power to your channel broo. Mabuhay! 👍😊💖 I've watched you on Nas Daily.

I think elegance is moderate level 😍👍

Wow zoa are REALY colorful and beginner freindly

I want to start back up in the hobby again and Im thinking of buying the new oceanic LED 32 biocube but I'm wondering how much live rock I will need and how to aqua scape the rock considering each individual rock is a different shape and size

New to Reefand trying to learn Love your videos. Concern for loss of electricity. Some say use battery backed surgeprotector and only put powerbeads on it(how long can it last) others say generator. What are your thoughts Thanks

Can you make a video on how to feed corals? Also water parameters. Thanks!

Thank you I'm ready to start the reef

Coralfish12g could you make a video on the easiest LPS corals. I think that would be a great video.

What are your thoughts on Ricordea and other mushrooms for beginners looking to set up a nano?

I have a newly set up reef tank and what was my first coral? An acropora that is thriving in the flow and light

hi Q what salt would you use for soft corals and some lps corals in a frag tank

I was told that I didnt have to dose unless I have sps is this true? I love monti but rather not dose. I havnt so far but i have a blsto 2 acans and 2 zoa,s. Maybe my lfs said that beacuse they are small and dont use of a lot of calcium and magnesium. Should I be dosing or when should i be? Oh, I just got a bubble mushroom from an action too! Plan on getting a toadstoll and maybe few more mushrooms.

Another great vid! Agree with most of this list although it would be luck of the draw with the Elegance in terms of getting a healthy specimen. A much safer alternative may be the Branching Frogspawn. =)

Are elegance corals non toxic? And are they invasive? I dont want any invasive corals, and are they easy to feed and keep?

how does the base of your elegance look like now? ive seen it turn black when placed in substrate

Star polyp is nice, just grows fast

You should do a video explaining why sump help with the tank how they work.

how often do do a water change on a 29g tank?? Do you dose and how often?

Can you please do elegance coral care and maintanance olease, i bought one and started to die 3 days after

I have a 10 gallon tank that I started in January 2018, I am currently stocking my tank with equipment, sand, rock, etc. Anyway my birthday is a week away and for my party I asked my very experienced saltwater aquarist Kai, to get me a Euphyllia (Hammer Branch) Coral for my Bday, is this a good starter coral?

Do i need magnesium alkalinity and calcium and all of that for this corals.

What are the differences in toadstools? I know some grow like a wavy bowl and others tall.

Nice

I didn't know this existed, but how di you refrain from blinking for so long? Real question tho.

Hi, can i feed Tetra Bits & Marine S dissolved in water & feed to Corals ?

Where in the world do you get corals for a few bucks and where is the best place to get cheap corals? do u recommend ebay or private sellers?

i would actually recommend star polyp coral because they grow fast and are pretty hardy BUT they have to be isolated on their own rock in the middle of the sand. the do thrive with good/high water flow . this was the first coral i put in my nano cube and its doing great

The #6 i think its the sps bird nest it grows very fast and looks very well

How old dose your aquarium need to be to get these coral?

I went to a few local aquarium shops today, and my gosh.. the nasty stuff I saw. Dead fish. Aiptaisia everywhere. The footage of those zoanthids you had gives me hope

Thank you

Do you recommend green star polyps?

What is the best place that you would recommend to get corals

What would you recommend for a beginner coral that would be a good host for a clown fish in a nano reef?

Thing with toadstools is they get big so not really suitable for nano tanks. I had a toadstool in my nano and it started shadowing over the over corals because it got to the size of a plate. Upgraded my tank now though.

For newbies I wouldn't recommend elegance, in the LPS category I would recommend candy canes and Duncan which are quite hardy and beginner friendly

Hi George, i went with your advice and purchased my first coral based on your top 5. i purchased the elegance coral and have no idea how to place it. can i bury the skeleton of the coral?

How long should I wait after getting a brand new tank and setting it up to get coral? Cause Im looking to build a pacific reef theme peacock mantis shrimp tank

what is the best n cheapest test kit out there rn??

hey so I'm looking to upgrade my hydra 20 to a radion xr15pro or the new hydra 26 what would you recommend

i DIED at 6:00 😂😂😂😂

I'm surprised to see Montipora on this list. They're pretty much the most finicky SPS along with Acropora.

very good video but I'm very new to the reef tanks and if you can make more videos on beginner stuff and fish to put in that would be awesome :) your the best

My first sps was a rainbow acro, the only reason i bought it was because it was $5 and i thought i might give one of the hardest sps corals to keep a try and i still have it today

what kind of corals you advance for may 20 galloons in the philippines

Hey a question about parameters, I don't dose so mine are Ca-380, Mg-1240, Alk-7.2. I have 4 soft corals that grow fine. But will these parameters be ok for LPS like that elegance coral?

One question. How do you keep your head so still ??

I am from pakistan your videos is very help ful

Good choices. Birdsnest